A Difference

I see girls send each other cards and cake, Condolences or hugs, the sweetest rhymes, Given as free as breath, to share or take, True friendship’s memories of happy times. How much is meant or lied I cannot guess, But when men wish for kisses, ears to hear Our dreams and heal our grief with tenderness, We fail in finding ways to bring us near. I see girls send each other cards and cake, Men don’t. The very most that men will do Is mock or give strong words. It’s our mistake To hope the same old ways may bring us through. Men still believe in strength, coping alone, Deluded that a heart is made of stone.